Microsoft Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.0

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Microsoft Windows Desktop Search (WDS) for Windows XP 3.0

Windows Desktop Search enables fast search on your PC using indexing technology. It helps you to find your documents, email, music, photos and other items. The search engine in Windows Desktop Search (WDS) 3.0 is a Windows service that can be used by applications such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 and Office OneNote 2007 to index application content and deliver instant results when searching within an application. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Microsoft Windows Desktop Search (WDS) has the following other editions available: Microsoft Windows Desktop Search (WDS) for Windows 2003, Microsoft Windows Desktop Search (WDS) for Windows XP (x64) and Microsoft Windows Desktop Search (WDS) for Windows 2003 (x64).

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Download details: Windows Desktop Search 2.6.5 (KB911993)
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Redmond (WA) - Just one week after the release of Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft has released its latest incarnation of the Windows Desktop Search (WDS). WDS 3.0 searches through all types of documents including emails, music and even your Outlook appointments.

We downloaded and installed the new application to check out some of the new features. After installation, WDS adds a search bar in the bottom-right corner of the screen next to your system tray. There is one checkbox that allows WDS to index and search through encrypted files. Another interesting feature is the ability to re-index portions of the drive, instead of doing the whole drive in one shot.

Much like its main competitor, Google Desktop Search, WDS is available for free and can preview pictures and videos. It can also search through and display contents of PDF files.

The official WDS page doesn't have the program listed yet, but you can directly download the 4.5 MB file here. Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server with SP1 are supported.

Microsoft releases Windows Desktop Search 3.0 | TG Daily

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